Five Tech Trends to Bet on in 2015
Summary
Especially if we consider that every trends has its initial period of hype followed by a consolidation time, in which the underlying infrastructure is built…a lot of players enter and exit the markets and winners emerge, often with the huge support of venture capitalists.In our opinion, 2015 will be the year on cryptocurrencies in terms of public acceptance, although central banks continue to look at it suspiciously and in an investigatory way.Internet-of-Things: the communication of different things (enabled by the connection between the Internet and smartphones sensors) help make data more usable and useful and solve problems in several sectors including healthcare, life sciences, energy, daily activities, government, business and finance, etc.The acquisition of Nest by Google for 3.2bn and SmartThings by Samsung for $200m represent just the begininning of the maturity of a sector offering a sea of innovation possibilities.These factors have led to a general growth in the number of startups and investment opportunities for early stage investors in 2013 and 2014 (mainly in the USA and Israel).